The pair served a first two-year term when Brander was replaced in the second term by A.D. Williams as vice president. In his third term in 1860 Benson dropped Vice President Yates, replacing him with Daniel B. Warner. The Republicans later nominated Vice President Warner as president at their convention in 1862. Payne’s vice president was Joseph T. Gibson. A bitter campaign ensued in part reportedly over the question of skin tone (mullato vs. ebony black), though some have suggested that President Benson was not mullato.

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